Concerns Over Funding Cut for NH Lead Poisoning Prevention Concord, NH – Recent cuts to the state’s Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP), have some in the medical and prevention community concerned. Comments from James Sargent, professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and Mary Sliney (SLY-nee), executive director of The Way Home in Manchester.

Widespread lead poisoning will result from the planned distribution of a billion computers to developing countries by technology companies and charities, according to a new study. "The lead from batteries needed to power these computers will result in environmental contamination and harmful exposures unless some common-sense safeguards are taken," said Perry Gottesfeld, ...

The State of Rhode Island, Housing Resources Commission and community partners held a press conference on Wednesday to celebrate the success of the Lead Hazard Mitigation Law in increasing the lead safe housing stock in RI. Since implementation of the Act in November 2005, the incidence of...

... commitment within New Hampshire to eliminate the problem of childhood lead poisoning. "New Hampshire, with its older housing ... "We need to protect our children and grandchildren from the dangers of lead paint," said Senator Jeanne Shaheen ... hazard, the funds will be targeted toward properties which are known by the state to have lead paint and for low income families with children ...

... paint in the home caused the children to suffer lead poisoning and developmental problems. Neither child is likely to get a high ... Homes argued that the home passed city lead inspections before and after the Wallace’s lived there and the organization had been responsive ... Searra for lost earnings and other damages. Baltimore lead paint lawsuits are particularly common in Maryland, with roughly ...

... North American Veterinary Conference Clinician’s Brief the other day, a blurb about lead in canine tennis balls caught my eye. A quick ... . Learning and cognitive difficulties are a common feature of lead poisoning. This means that my pal Buster, who loves playing fetch and no doubt has consumed ample lead from various balls, may have to give up on his dream of a Nobel Prize in economics. ...